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Friday, March 26, 2021

“Goldman Heads to the Supreme Court; Can a company be sued for failing to meet its boilerplate aspirations?” The Wall Street Journal has published this editorial.

Posted at 10:06 PM by Howard Bashman



“University Shouldn’t Punish Me for Not Addressing Male Student as ‘Ms.'” Nicholas Meriwether had this essay online at The Daily Signal in August 2020.

That same month, law professor Andrew Koppelman had an essay online at The Hill titled “Free speech gone wild: The Meriwether case.”

Today, a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued this decision written by Circuit Judge Amul R. Thapar reinstating various of Professor Meriwether’s claims against Shawnee State University officials.

The appeal was argued in November 2020 (access the oral argument audio via this link), with John J. Bursch representing the professor, and Adam G. Unikowsky representing intervenor appellees.

Posted at 3:33 PM by Howard Bashman



“Goldman Fraud-Claim Case Will Test Supreme Court Shaped by Trump”: Greg Stohr and Robert Schmidt of Bloomberg News have this report.

Posted at 10:37 AM by Howard Bashman



“Case on Police Violence Reveals Fault Lines at Supreme Court; In a sharp exchange, dissenting conservatives suggested that Chief Justice Roberts warped the law in response to public sentiment”: Adam Liptak has this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

In today’s edition of The Washington Post, Robert Barnes has an article headlined “Supreme Court divides on when a shooting by police can be considered excessive force.”

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Supreme Court expands meaning of ‘seizure’ under 4th Amendment.”

In today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal, Jess Bravin has an article headlined “Supreme Court Widens Path for Suing Police; Justices say officers can be sued for unreasonable seizure even when they fail to seize the suspect.”

John Fritze of USA Today has an article headlined “‘Nothing subtle about a bullet’: Supreme Court says police ‘seizure’ includes shots fired at fleeing suspect.”

Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times reports that “Supreme Court rules for woman shot by police while fleeing arrest.”

Elise Kaplan of The Albuquerque Journal reports that “US Supreme Court rules in favor of Albuquerque woman.”

Jessica Gresko of The Associated Press has a report headlined “High court: More police excessive force suits can go forward.”

And Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “U.S. Supreme Court widens ability to sue police for excessive force.”

Posted at 10:35 AM by Howard Bashman